{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-169.5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 169.5","heading":"What types of rights-of-way does this part cover?","body":"(a) This part covers rights-of-way over and across Indian or BIA land, for uses including but not limited to the following:\n(1) Railroads;\n(2) Public roads and highways;\n(3) Access roads;\n(4) Service roads and trails, even where they are appurtenant to any other right-of-way purpose;\n(5) Public and community water lines (including pumping stations and appurtenant facilities);\n(6) Public sanitary and storm sewer lines (including sewage disposal and treatment plant lines);\n(7) Water control and use projects (including but not limited to, flowage easements, irrigation ditches and canals, and water treatment plant lines);\n(8) Oil and gas pipelines (including pump stations, meter stations, and other appurtenant facilities);\n(9) Electric transmission and distribution systems (including lines, poles, towers, telecommunication, protection, measurement and data acquisition equipment, other items necessary to operate and maintain the system, and appurtenant facilities);\n(10) Telecommunications, broadband, fiber optic lines;\n(11) Avigation hazard easements;\n(12) Conservation easements not covered by 25 CFR part 84, Encumbrances of Tribal Land—Contract Approvals, or 25 CFR part 162, Leases and Permits; or\n(13) Any other new use for which a right-of-way is appropriate but which is unforeseeable as of the effective date of these regulations.\n(b) Each of the uses listed above includes the right to access the right-of-way to manage vegetation, inspect, maintain and repair equipment, and conduct other activities that are necessary to maintain the right-of-way use.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER H—LAND AND WATER","PART 169—RIGHTS-OF-WAY OVER INDIAN LAND","Subpart A—Purpose, Definitions, General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"79a49668417cd80761606ce94eed1aee84bc6b57b0c61f8cc99f7ea82f30c312","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-169.4","next":"us/25-cfr-169.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}